Critics Campus 2024 participant Daniel Tune investigates Caught by the Tides, a collage-like work that travels through its director’s films and personal archival material to tell a story of separated lovers, lost worlds and out-of-control technological change.

Critics Campus 2024 participant Tara Kenny examines Santosh, which depicts a woman’s attempt to solve a brutal crime while navigating a hostile male-dominated police department – and which shows that good intentions are far from enough to reform a corrupt system.

Critics Campus 2024 participant Austin Lancaster looks at the intersecting layers of artifice in Miguel Gomes’s fantastical journey through East and South-East Asia, past and present.

Critics Campus participant Charles Carrall speaks to director Sue Brooks about the making of her 2003 feature Japanese Story, shooting the film in the Pilbara and Toni Collette wearing pants.

Critics Campus participant Eric Jiang speaks to writer/director Lila Avilés about her intuitive approach to casting and its central role in creating the immersive, deeply empathetic atmosphere of Tótem.

Critics Campus participant Erika Lay speaks to writer/director Gabriel Carrubba about his debut feature, a queer coming-of-age story set in a far-flung suburb of Melbourne.

Marley McDonald and Brian Becker’s debut documentary Time Bomb Y2K receives some critical attention from four of our Critics Campus participants: Lauren Collee, Eric Jiang, Charles Carrall and Indigo Bailey.

Critics Campus participant Đăng Tùng Bạch speaks to director Anthony Chen about his latest feature, an exploration of the burning passion of youth in a cold climate.